April 17, 2024 Sea Dogs Game Notes
April 17, 2024 - Eastern League (EL)
Portland Sea Dogs News Release
'DOGS DROP SERIES OPENER The Portland Sea Dogs dropped the series opener 10-2 to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats on Tuesday night. Mickey Gasper launched his first homer with the Red Sox organization in the bottom of the sixth. Marcelo Mayer extended an eight-game hitting streak with a double in the fourth inning. New Hampshire scored six runs in the top of the first to take an early lead after Alex De Jesus singled on a line drive to right field to score two. Rainer Nunez hit a double to center field to drive in three and the Fisher Cats led, 5-0. A throwing error issued to Kyle Teel would allow another run to score from third. In the top of the third, Devonte Brown hit an inside-the-park home run to make it 7-0 New Hampshire. Zach Britton singled to right in the top of the fourth to score Josh Kasevich before a two-run double from De Jesus would extend the 10-0 lead. In the bottom of the sixth, Gasper crushed his first homer of the season and first for Sea Dogs batter at Hadlock Field. The solo shot to center put Portland on the board. Blaze Jordan sparked momentum in the bottom of the ninth with an RBI double (1) to score Teel but New Hampshire took game one, 10-2.
HOME RUN HITTERS Portland launched twelve homers across six games in Reading last week. Eddinson Paulino now leads the team with three on the season. Roman Anthony and Matthew Lugo have each hit a pair while Nick Decker, Max Ferguson, Marcelo Mayer, Kyle Teel, Nick Yorke, and Mickey Gapser all have tallied one. With thirteen collectively after a solo shot from Micky Gasper last night, the Sea Dogs now lead the Eastern League in the category, surpassing the Somerset Patriots. Portland is tied for second in all of Double-A, just behind the Midland RockHounds who have fourteen.
MAYER ON FIRE Marcelo Mayer is currently riding an eight-game hitting streak along with a eight-game on base streak coming into today. The top prospect also in the top ten amongst Eastern League batters in average after accumulating a .344 average across eight games. Across those eight games, he has tallied seven runs, eleven hits, two doubles, one homer, five RBI and a pair of stolen bags. He leads Sea Dogs batters in runs and hits coming into the day.
POLISHED PAULINO Eddinson Paulino is currently riding a six-game hitting streak and on-base streak. Across seven games, he has posted a .296 average with four runs, eight hits, one double, three home runs, one walk, and one stolen base. He ties for third most home runs amongst Eastern League hitters while also tying for sixth in RBI (8), tying for fourth in sluggung percentage (.667), and tying for sixth in OPS (1.012).
AMONGST BASEBALL'S BEST According to a recent ranking by Baseball America, the Portland Sea Dogs rank second in the "1O Most Talented Minor League Baseball Teams for 2024". Portland comes in just behind the Norfolk Tides (Orioles AAA) who rank first. The Sea Dogs are the only other team besides the Tides to have three Top 100 Prospects on their roster.
PROMISING PROSPECTS IN PORTLAND The top three prospects in Boston's system (according to MLB.com and Baseball America) will begin the season in Portland with Marcelo Mayer (1), Roman Anthony (2), and Kyle Teel (3) headling the Opening Day Roster. Mayer appeared in 43 games with Portland in 2023 prior to a shoulder injury that ended his season in early August. Both Anthony and Teel were promoted to Portland for the final 10 games of last season. In their first glimpses of Double-A, Anthony hit .343 with four doubles, one homer, and three stolen bases while Teel recorded a .363 average with six doubles, two home runs, and three stolen bases. All three prospects were invited to Winter Weekend with the Red Sox in 2023 while also earning invitations to the inaugural Spring Breakout Game. Teel was named to the Spring Breakout First Team at the catcher position.
ROSTER REVIEW The Portland Sea Dogs will begin the season with 22 returning players from the 2023 season. Among the Opening Day roster, 9 players rank in the Red Sox top 30 prospect rankings according to MLB.com to enter the 2024 season.
THIS DAY IN SEA DOGS HISTORY: April 17, 2005 - Portland starts the season with a 10-0 record after pummeling Trenton 11-6. At the time, Portland was the only undefeated team in all of professional baseball. The Sea Dog's streak would come to a close on the following night.
PITCHING PREVIEW RHP Isaac Coffey will have the start for Portland in game two of the series. Coffey has faced the Fisher Cats twice in his career after making his Double-A debut last season. Coffey holds a 2-0 record against the Fisher Cats across 11.0 IP. He has not allowed a run, while allowing seven hits, three walks, and has struck out fourteen. He held the Fisher Cats to a .179 average across both starts in 2023.
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